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|common_names=Mexican fireweed
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|hierarchy=Chenopodiaceae;Kochia;Kochia sect. Semibassia;Kochia scoparia;Kochia scoparia subsp. scoparia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Chenopodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Kochia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Kochia sect. Semibassia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Kochia scoparia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subspecies</small>[[Kochia scoparia subsp. scoparia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 309, 312
|treatment_page=page 311
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>green or yellowish green, often becoming reddish at maturity, 25–150(–200) cm, ± glabrous or slightly pubescent. <b>Stems</b> erect, branched. <b>Leaves</b> sessile (proximal sometimes with pseudopetiole); blade (1–)3–5-veined, narrowly obovate, lanceolate, or almost linear, flat, 5–75 × 1–15 mm, not fleshy, margins long-ciliate, glabrous or with short appressed hairs adaxially. <b>Inflorescences</b> generally sparsely spicate at maturity; with 1–2(–5)-flowers in axils of bracts. <b>Perianth</b> segments glabrous or nearly so; bisexual flowers transversely winged or keeled (rarely tubercled) at maturity, wing membranous, to 1–1.3 mm; pistillate flowers generally wingless. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late summer–fall.
|habitat=Waste places, cultivated fields, roadsides, other disturbed habitats, seminatural plant communities in arid regions, some forms occasionally cultivated
|elevation=0-2000 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;Wis.;Wyo.;nearly worldwide;native to arid steppe and desert regions of Eurasia.
|discussion=<p><i>Kochia scoparia</i> is a common weed, especially in the Southwest and the Great Plains region. It is less common in the eastern (especially southeastern) United States, although its distribution there is in need of clarification. It can be expected in Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, and West Virginia although no reports are known from those states.</p><!--
--><p><i>Kochia scoparia</i> is extremely variable. It is represented in Eurasia by several geographical races usually recognized as subspecies (<i></i>subsp.<i> scoparia</i>, native to eastern Europe and southwestern Asia; subsp. densiflora (Turczaninov ex Moquin-Tandon) Aellen, native to central and eastern Asia; subsp. indica (Wight) Aellen, native to southern Asia); and subsp. hirsutissima Sukhorukov recently described from Central Asia) or varieties. <i>Kochia scoparia</i> var. subvillosa Moquin-Tandon (= <i>K. scoparia</i> subsp. densiflora; K. sieversiana auct. pro parte, non (Pallas) C. A. Meyer) sometimes occurs in North America as a casual alien. In its typical form var. subvillosa Moquin-Tandon may be distinguished from <i></i>var.<i> scoparia</i> in having flowers surrounded by a tuft of long hairs exceeding the perianth segments, the axis of the inflorescence distinctly pubescent, and the proximal branches arcuate, almost ascending. <i>Kochia</i> indica Wight is probably a distinct species, which may be expected as a casual or locally naturalized alien in the southern part of the United States.</p><!--
--><p>A narrow-leaved form [<i>Kochia scoparia</i> forma trichophylla (A. Voss) Stapf ex Schinz & Thellung] known as “summer-cypress” is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant and sometimes escapes.</p><!--
--><p>An Asian species, <i>Kochia</i> iranica Bornmueller has been erroneously reported for Colorado and Missouri by W. A. Weber (1966, 1972) and V. Muhlenbach (1979) respectively (the pertinent herbarium specimens belong to <i></i>subsp.<i> scoparia</i>).</p><!--
--><p><i>Kochia</i> alata Bates, described as a presumably native North American species, is not specifically distinct from <i>K. scoparia</i> sensu lato, especially from its eastern Asian forms characterized by the somewhat greater wings of the fruiting perianth.</p><!--
--><p>Another annual species, <i>Kochia</i> laniflora (S. G. Gmelin) Borbás, is widely distributed in Eurasia and may be expected anywhere in temperate North America as a casual or established alien. This species belongs to sect. <i>Kochia</i> and can be readily distinguished from <i>K. scoparia</i> sensu lato in having narrowly linear or filiform leaves and more prominently winged perianth segments.</p>
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|family=Chenopodiaceae
|phenology=Flowering late summer–fall.
|habitat=Waste places, cultivated fields, roadsides, other disturbed habitats, seminatural plant communities in arid regions, some forms occasionally cultivated
|elevation=0-2000 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;Wis.;Wyo.;nearly worldwide;native to arid steppe and desert regions of Eurasia.
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|genus=Kochia
|section=Kochia sect. Semibassia
|species=Kochia scoparia
|subspecies=Kochia scoparia subsp. scoparia
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